A Kenai-based concrete company will set up shop in Cooper Landing to help build parts of a state bypass project in the community following approval last week by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly of a lease agreement with the company. The vote came amid widespread community opposition to the agreement.
In a special meeting held Wednesday, Jan. 31, the Homer Planning Commission passed a majority 6-1 vote against approving Doyon, Limited’s application for a conditional use permit to develop the former Lighthouse Village site.
The dilapidated ZipMart building in Sterling was demolished last week, capping monthslong efforts to mitigate a structure the Kenai Peninsula Borough called a public safety hazard.